Bug#1042805: base-files: removal of VERSION_ID from /etc/os-release broke zoom screen sharing, please restore

2023-07-31 Thread Kipp Cannon
Package: base-files Version: 13 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** Version 13 of base-files removed VERSION_ID from /etc/os-release. As reported in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1008735 the absence

Bug#1008735: should /etc/os-release contain VERSION variables for testing and unstable?

2022-11-30 Thread Kipp Cannon
Hi, Another example of a program that is broken by the lack of version information in /etc/os-release is zoom. Zoom refuses to screen share on Debian testing, unstable, etc., because it relies on checking the contents of that file to determine if minimum version requirements are met by the machin

Bug#1008926: gnome-shell crashes on login with GLib.TimeZone.get_offset JS ERROR

2022-04-04 Thread Kipp Cannon
Hi, Thanks, yes, today (2022-04-05) I have found gnome-shell 42.0-2 to have migrated into testing, and upgrading to this version has resolved the problem. This bug can be closed. -Kipp signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Bug#1008926: gnome-shell crashes on login with GLib.TimeZone.get_offset JS ERROR

2022-04-04 Thread Kipp Cannon
Package: gnome-shell Version: 41.4-1 Severity: important X-Debbugs-Cc: k...@resceu.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp Dear Maintainer, *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? I updated my system to debian testing as of 2022-04-04, after whi

Bug#985905: linux-image-5.10.0-5-amd64: inserting Hauppauge HVR-950 into USB port crashes kernel

2021-03-25 Thread Kipp Cannon
Package: src:linux Version: 5.10.24-1 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: k...@resceu.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp Dear Maintainer, *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? Inserted a Hauppauge WinTV HVR-950 USB video capture device into a

Bug#972386: python3-rpi.gpio: segmentation fault on Raspberry Pi Zero

2020-10-17 Thread Kipp Cannon
Package: python3-rpi.gpio Version: 0.6.5-1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, On a Raspberry Pi Zero, the following python script segfaults in the .setup() function: from RPi import GPIO GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM) GPIO.setup(20, GPIO.OUT) I have tried other pins and the behaviour is the same. I

Bug#961396: python3: signed/unsigned mismatch in Py_UNICODE_ISSPACE macro

2020-05-23 Thread Kipp Cannon
Package: python3 Version: 3.8.2-3 Severity: normal Tags: patch upstream Dear Maintainer, There is a signed/unsigned mismatch in the Py_UNICODE_ISSPACE() macro in Python's unicodeobject.h. The following program demonstrates the problem #include int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { Py_UNI

Bug#958342: xc3sprog: reports incorrect device ID codes

2020-04-23 Thread Kipp Cannon
gt; > On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 9:35 AM Ricardo Ribalda Delgado > wrote: > > Hi Kipp > > > > Thanks for the report. I havent used the embedded cable on S3 > > myself, > > but I have asked a colleague to share a similar board than yours > > with > &

Bug#958342: xc3sprog: reports incorrect device ID codes

2020-04-20 Thread Kipp Cannon
Package: xc3sprog Version: 0+svn795+dfsg-1+b1 Severity: important I am new to FPGA development, so I don't have the ability to test a variety of configurations. I have a Spartan-3E Starter Kit development board, which has a built-in Xilinx "platform cable" interface. I am using the Xilinx platfo

Bug#771677: Segmentation fault during detect

2020-04-19 Thread Kipp Cannon
Hi, I'm getting segmentation faults during detect, but it might be a new bug. The problem is only present in the Debian package, if I build the software myself from the upstream git source I do not get segmentation faults. I'm using urjtag 0.10+r2007-1.2 which is the version currently available

Bug#884970: please close

2017-12-25 Thread Kipp Cannon
Hi, This bug can be closed (I don't know how to do that myself, from my end, sorry). The problem turned out to be that the GDS package's -dev is, itself, providing .la files. Those files are the source of the references to the non-existent libexpat.la file. Presumably the person who built the G

Bug#884970: libexpat1-dev: libexpat.la missing

2017-12-24 Thread Kipp Cannon
On Fri, 2017-12-22 at 10:18 +0100, László Böszörményi (GCS) wrote: > Control: tags -1 +moreinfo > > On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 9:38 AM, Kipp Cannon > wrote: > >* What led up to the situation? > > > > attempting to compile a separate, unrelated, auto- > >

Bug#884970: libexpat1-dev: libexpat.la missing

2017-12-22 Thread Kipp Cannon
Package: libexpat1-dev Version: 2.2.3-2 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, * What led up to the situation? attempting to compile a separate, unrelated, auto-everything/libtool-ized package, fails with "/bin/sed: can't read /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.la: No such file or directory li

Bug#833355: same as #833876, and is important

2016-08-27 Thread Kipp Cannon
Hi, I've posted a comment in #833876.  Thanks! -Kipp

Bug#833876: same as #833355, and is important

2016-08-27 Thread Kipp Cannon
Hi, This problem report is, effectively, the same as #833355.  My laptop cannot make network connections with the current firmware versions.  I was able to fix it by manually downloading and installing the new firmware. Please update the package, this is a big problem.  I've been yelling at the h

Bug#834790: [Aptitude-devel] Bug#834790: aptitude hangs at "Loading cache" when unable to download package list

2016-08-21 Thread Kipp Cannon
On Fri, 2016-08-19 at 22:09 +0100, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo > > > 2016-08-19 10:36 Axel Beckert: > > > > Control: tag -1 - d-i > > > > Hi Kipp, > > > > Kipp Cannon wrote: > > > > > > A

Bug#834790: aptitude hangs at "Loading cache" when unable to download package list

2016-08-18 Thread Kipp Cannon
Package: aptitude Version: 0.8.3-1 Severity: normal Tags: d-i Dear Maintainer, After doing an update (pressing "u"), if an entry in /etc/apt/sources.list was invalid or the server did not respond, then upon returning from the screen of package list download progress bars aptitude displays "Loadin

Bug#623811: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/javaws: No such file or directory

2011-06-16 Thread Kipp Cannon
Hi Torsten, Due to the removal of javaws from the openjdk packages I am no longer able to use EVO (http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate) for teleconference collaboration. The package you suggest installing, "icedtea-netx" is not available testing. It seems, therefore, it is now impossible to run "

Bug#569065: bug persists

2010-12-04 Thread Kipp Cannon
Hi, An update on this bug. The system is now running xserver-xorg-video-intel version 2:2.13.0-2 linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 version 2.6.32-28 and the display corruption persists. This machine is only usable with the vesa driver or by downgrading to Debian Lenny. I should comment that it appe

Bug#525781: any progress?

2009-05-18 Thread Kipp Cannon
Hi, ekiga in testing is still segfaulting on start-up (2009-05-18). Has any progress been made on fixing this? Also, is there a revised estimate for when the fix will be available? Thanks, -Kipp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-b